Chapter 3: Red Dust Bitterness (II)
In the seventh year of orthodoxy, on the seventh day of the seventh month, the Sun and Moon Sect led 30,000 Qipin Sect Leaders to besiege De'an Mansion for seven days.
Above the gate of Luxian County, the government of De'an Prefecture, the highest official positions of the three divisions of Huguang were all here, and they looked at the Sun Moon Sect army outside the city, and they couldn't help but despair.
In the Ming Dynasty, the local administration, justice and military were respectively in charge of the three divisions of the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, the Sentencing Envoy Department and the Command Envoy Division, and the Political Envoy Department was in charge of local politics, which was led by the political envoy from the second rank or so, and the Procuratorial Envoy Division was led by the Inspector of the Third Rank according to the Inspector Envoy, who was in charge of the local prison, and the Command Envoy Division was led by the Commander of the Second Rank and was in charge of the local military.
Under the political envoys, each prefecture has a four-pin prefect, each state has a five-pin prefect, and each county has a seven-pin prefect.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty has set up Dao Gong Divisions in all provincial capitals and counties to govern the world's cultivators, and under special circumstances, the power of the Dao Gong Division will be above the three divisions.
Just like the De'an Mansion at this moment, although the De'an Mansion is still in the fourth prefect, all the affairs of the De'an Mansion must be handed over to the Dao Gong Division.
Xu Jiayi, as the deputy seal official of the Dao Gong Division of De'an Mansion, the security of the entire De'an Mansion at this time was maintained on him.
Originally, this matter was to be handed over to the Zhengyin Official, but seven days ago, the Zhengyin Officer was assassinated by the Sun Moon Sect disciples, so Xu Jiayi had to come forward.
He looked at the prefect of De'an Mansion beside him, Tongzhi and Tongju, and said: "Now there are less than 5,000 troops in the city, and they are all Taoist soldiers, if there is no foreign aid, I am afraid that tomorrow will be the time when the city will be broken." ”
Qian He, the prefect of Zhengsipin, said: "Lord Xu, I heard that General Yu Qianyu has sent a large army to rescue, why is there no news so far?"
Zheng Wupin Tongzhi on the side sneered: "He Yu Qian has been fighting this battle for more than a year, and there is no result, do you still point to him to save De'an Mansion?"
Xu Jiayi said in a daze: "Is there any news from the commander of the envoy?"
Qian He shook his head and said, "I heard that now the commander of the envoy is beyond the reach of the whip commander, and all the troops of the guards have been transferred by Lord Yu. ”
Xiang Zhuan glanced at Xu Jiayi, and muttered in a low voice: "Is the Dao Gong Division reliable in the war?
Xu Jiayi looked back and glared: "Lord Tongzhi, what did you say?"
"I'm telling the truth," Xiang Zhuan blushed and his neck was thick, "The combat power of the Dao Gong Division is only five thousand nine-rank Dao spirit soldiers, and when it comes to fighting, the nine-rank Taoist priest is a fart?"
"Then do you mean to wait for Yu Qian to come to the rescue?"
"Yu Qian is not a good thing!"
Qian He hurriedly stood in the middle and said, "Xiang Tongzhi, which side are you standing on?"
Xiang Zhuan snorted: "Dao Gong Si and Yu Qian, I don't stand on either side, I only know that if the two factions continue to fight so openly and secretly, it will be the people of Daming who will suffer!"
"That's enough!" Xu Jiayi shouted, "I have already decided to launch a counterattack at noon, and I still have a hundred six-grade Tsing Yi envoys and purple Yi envoys in my Dao Gong Division, and the battle will be decided at that time!"
"I look like I'm going to die!"
Several people held each other on the city tower, and Zhengliupintong sentenced Nanshan not to say a word, he looked at the 30,000 anti-thieves under the city, but he was thinking in his heart, when will the demon army be rescued.
If the demon army arrives, can it deal with these 30,000 thieves?
The Sun Moon Sect did not give Xu Jiayi a chance to counterattack, and before noon, they launched a charge.
The hierarchy of the disciples of the Sun and Moon Sect is particularly distinct, and the 30,000 sect members under the city are called the sect heads, all of whom are seven-grade Taoists, and under the sect heads, there are eight-rank priests and ninth-grade disciples.
Above the head of the sect are the sixth-rank teachers, the fifth-rank priests, and the fourth-rank high priests.
Further up, only the important members of the Sun and Moon Sect know.
Like the Ming Dynasty's commanders, the real combat power of the Sun Moon Sect is the Seven-Rank Sect Leader, who claims to be a million-strong army, of which the Seven-Rank Sect Leader accounts for half, and the rest are the Eight-Rank Priest and the Ninth Rank Sect.
And the Ming Dynasty commanded the envoys, and the real combat power was the same, with the seventh-grade small flag and the general flag being the majority, and the rest were the captains and sergeants of the eighth-rank and ninth-grade.
The way the Sun Moon Sect besieged the city was also very peculiar, and it could even be said to be very standardized.
On the ground, there were seven-rank sect leaders charging into battle, attacking the city, and in the air, there were three thousand demon beasts responding.
At the beginning of the battle, the city tower of Anlu County was a little undefended.
Xu Jiayi asked hundreds of six-grade Tsing Yi envoys and purple-clothed envoys to arch the Acropolis Gate, and he took the officials of De'an Mansion to answer at any time.
However, when the monster appeared, the situation was one-sided.
The Nine Rank Dao Spirit Pawn of the Five Thousand Dao Sect Divisions had no effect at all, either dying under the claws of the demon beast or under the sword of the Seven-Rank Sect Head.
In less than half an hour after the Sun Moon Sect launched its attack, the East Gate and the West Gate were all lost, and the five thousand spiritual soldiers were almost killed and wounded.
Xu Jiayi stood on the dilapidated north gate, desperate to the point of wanting to commit suicide.
Xiang Zhuan said coldly: "Lord Deputy Seal Officer, even if you are lucky enough not to die in this battle, Anlu County is lost, and the imperial court will take you to the knife, if I were you, I wouldn't rush down and die with the traitor at this moment!"
"Okay," Qian He said, "Lord Xiang, this is not the time to be angry, let's think of a way!"
"What can I think of? Without reinforcements, Anlu County will be lost!"
"Woooooo
"Knock knock!"
"Look!"
Nanshan shouted: "It's reinforcements, it's the demon army!"
Xu Jiayi looked up and saw smoke and dust billowing in the southwest, countless iron horses pouring like rolling rivers, and the sound of horns and drums came one after another, which was the sound of the Ming soldiers charging into battle.
"It seems that God will not kill me!"
Xu Jiayi put down the sword that was lying across his neck and cried with joy.
Ren Yi held the five-grade magic weapon given by the imperial court, rode a high-headed white horse, and rushed into the enemy formation first.
Her army, with 30,000 nine-rank sergeants, 10,000 eight-rank captains and 10,000 seventeen-grade small flags, suffered more than half of the casualties in the first battle of Wuchang, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left.
In the face of the 30,000 Sun and Moon Sect, all of which are seven grades, it seems a little weak.
Ren Yi planned to wait until the army on the right side arrived before launching an attack together, but seeing that Anlu County was about to break the city, she couldn't care so much.
But fortunately, in her army, Yu Qian arranged for the two thousand doctors of the Five Classics from the Guozijian Fu Hall and the Law Hall, these people are all archmages and spell masters, although they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, but they are comfortable attacking from a distance.
She arranged for these two thousand officials to be in the rear, planning her own attack, and for a while, thousands of arrows were fired in the sky, and all kinds of spells and spirit runes were overwhelming, hitting the enemy.
This brought great convenience to Ren Yi's rushing formation.
The killer next to him shouted: "Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, capture the thief and capture the king first, we must solve the leader first." ”
"See, in the middle of the formation, where the flag is, you take down this person, or you can relieve this siege. ”
Ren Yi said: "Okay, leave it to me, you rush to the city with your headquarters and fight back the demon beasts first!"
"Good!"
The two men each led half of the men, one team sprinting towards the enemy line, and the other team headed towards the castle tower.
Ren Yi is now a fifth-grade Taoist priest, with profound Taoism and strong mana, in the face of the seven-grade sect leader, she doesn't even need spells, and she can break the enemy with a sword.
In fact, in this rapidly changing battlefield with enemies everywhere, there is no time to release spells, and the most direct thing is to attack and kill with pure mana.
This is also the reason why the five major sects interrupted the sword cultivation in the Sword Valley and the sword hall in the Guozijian to have more generals.
Under the guidance of the two thousand national eunuchs, Ren Yi rushed to the center with an army of 10,000, and her eyes were firmly fixed on the person under the banner.
Judging from the breath, this person is a six-grade Taoist priest, and Ren Yi only needs to rush in front of him and kill him with a sword.
However, at this moment, the man smiled at Ren Yi, and with a wave of his hand, a black blood banner rose into the sky, coming towards Ren Yi with a fierce murderous aura.
Ren Yi was caught off guard, covered by this black, and even the people and horses disappeared.
Xu Jiayi, who was on the city tower, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this: "It's a ghost flag, an evil weapon refined from 100,000 living souls, it seems to be a four-grade weapon, and the spirit in it can't be broken if there is no three-grade Dao line!"
Qian He sighed: "It seems that this general is underestimating the enemy!"
At this moment, outside the battlefield, Gu Changqing took out an elixir and a spirit talisman from the Dao Urn, handed them to Yabato and said, "Save her!"
"Yes, Your Excellency!"